chuño

noun

chu·​ño

ˈchüˌnyō

variants or less commonly chuñu

-ˌnyü

plural -s

: potatoes processed by successive freezing, thawing, and dehydrating prepared and eaten especially by the native peoples of the Andes

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Quechua ch'úñu

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